Yana Daniëls
Daniëls playing for Belgium in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-08) 8 May 1992
Place of birth Belgium
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 46 (7)
2010–2011 Sint-Truidense V.V. (women) 12 (4)
2011–2012 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 22 (8)
2012–2014 Lierse SK 48 (10)
2014–2015 FC Twente 18 (4)
2015–2017 RSC Anderlecht 7 (3)
2017–2018 Bristol City 17 (1)
2018–2019 Liverpool 15 (1)
2019–2021 Bristol City 37 (3)
2021– Liverpool 35 (4)
International career‡
2007–2008 Belgium U-17 9 (4)
2008–2011 Belgium U-19 11 (3)
2011– Belgium 45 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 February 2022

Yana Daniëls (born 8 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liverpool in the Women's Super League and for the Belgium national team.

Club career

Oud-Heverlee Leuven, 2008–2010

Daniëls started her club career at Oud-Heverlee Leuven, 2008–2010 where she originally scored 7 goals in 46 games.

Sint-Truidense V.V. (women), 2010–2011

Daniëls left OH Leuven and joined Sint-Truidense, scoring 4 times in 12 regular season appearances.[1]

Oud-Heverlee Leuven, 2011–2012

Daniëls returned to OH Leuven for one season where she scored 8 goals in 22 league appearances.

Lierse SK, 2012–2014

Daniëls joined Lierse SK from OH Leuven ahead of the 2012 season. She went on to score 10 goals in 48 league appearances.

FC Twente, 2014–2015

Daniëls then moved to FC Twenty where she scored seven goals in 18 appearances. She also got the opportunity to play Champions league football. She unfortunately suffered a serious injury during the 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup.

RSC Anderlecht, 2015–2017

After recovering from a serious injury sustained at the 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup, Daniëls signed a short-term contract with RSC Anderlecht. After success she re-signed with the club in December 2016.[2]

Bristol City, 2017–2018

In June 2017, Daniëls joined FA WSL 1 club Bristol City.[3][4]

Liverpool FC, 2018–2019

In July 2018, Daniëls left Bristol City to join Liverpool.[5][6]

Bristol City, 2019–2021

A year after leaving, Daniëls re-signed with Bristol City in July 2019.

Liverpool FC, 2021–present

On 23 June 2021 it was announced that Daniëls re-signed with Liverpool after a two-year stint with Bristol City.

International career

Daniëls has represented Belgium at youth level, scoring 4 goals in 9 appearances for Belgium under-17 and scoring 3 goals in 11 appearances for Belgium under-19. She has also represented Belgium's senior team more than 30 times and represented them during the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship.[7]

Honours

FC Twente

Winner

Runners-up

Lierse SK

Runners-up

  • Belgian Women's Super Cup: 2012–13

References

  1. ↑ "BELGIUM ST-TRUIDEN SOCCER WOMEN BELGIUM VS NORWAY". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Mahieu, Maryan (12 December 2016). "Ook Yana Daniëls tekent voor RSC Anderlecht!" [Also Yana Daniëls signs for RSC Anderlecht] (in Dutch). vrouwenvoetbal.be.
  3. ↑ "Yana Daniels: Bristol City Women sign Belgium striker from Anderlecht". BBC Sport. 9 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Bristol City Women sign Belgian striker Yana Daniëls from Anderlecht". Womens Soccer United.com. 9 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Yana Daniels: Liverpool Ladies sign Bristol City Women forward". BBC Sport. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ladies sign Belgium international Yana Daniels". 4 July 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Yana Daniels". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
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